QUIZ YOURSELF!

City Chevrolet encourages you to spread the word to people to check out the facts. This is a tool we can use to strengthen the North American auto industry. Take this short quiz to see how much you know!

QUESTIONS:

1. Which country can boast that their brands occupy 2 of the top 3 spots for long-term reliability?
   1. Germany
   2. Japan
   3. Korea
   4. United States
2. As of August 2007, which manufacturer had the most recalled vehicles in the U.S. for that year?
   1. Chrysler
   2. Ford
   3. GM
   4. Nissan
   5. Toyota
   6. Volkswagen
3. Pick the brand from each group that has the highest initial quality.
   1. Acura, BMW, Cadillac (all luxury makes)
   2. Honda, Mercury, Nissan (all non-luxury makes)
   3. Acura (luxury), Chevrolet (non-luxury), BMW (luxury), Mazda (non-luxury)
4. Which midsize sedan has the highest initial quality?
   1. Accord (Honda)
   2. Altima (Nissan)
   3. Camry (Toyota)
   4. Malibu (Chevrolet)
5. Which large sedan has the highest initial quality?
   1. Avalon (Toyota)
   2. Grand Prix (Pontiac)
   3. Sable (Mercury)
6. Which midsize pickup has the highest initial quality?
   1. Dakota (Dodge)
   2. Ranger (Ford)
   3. Tacoma (Toyota)
7. Which car is the most economical overall?
   1. Aveo (Chevrolet)
   2. Fit (Honda)
   3. Prius (Toyota)
8. Which car did the LA Times describe as "a better car than BMW or Mercedes or Lexus or Infiniti"?
   1. A6 (Audi)
   2. CTS (Cadillac)
   3. RL (Acura)
9. Which company makes the winner of the 2008 "Green Car of the Year" award?
   1. Chevrolet
   2. Honda
   3. Toyota
10. Which car was selected by the North American automotive press corps as the "North American Car of the Year" for 2007?
    1. Aura (Saturn)
    2. Camry (Toyota)
    3. Fit (Honda)
11. Which car won the same award for 2008?
    1. Accord (Honda)
    2. Altima coupe (Nissan)
    3. Malibu (Chevrolet)
12. Which company had a luxury vehicle, a midsize sedan, and a large truck removed from the Consumer Reports recommended vehicles list in October 2007 because of mounting quality problems?
    1. Chrysler
    2. Ford
    3. General Motors
    4. Hyundai
    5. Toyota
    6. Volkswagen

ANSWERS:

1. United States. Per JD Power Vehicle Dependability Study, Mercury and Cadillac are in the top 3, along with Lexus. And in 2007, Buick was tied with Lexus for the top spot.
2. Volkswagen. According to Business Week, Volkswagen had the most recalls at this time a year ago. The second worst was Toyota.
3. Answer
   1. Cadillac (better than both Acura and BMW)
   2. Mercury (better than both Honda and Nissan)
   3. Chevrolet (better than Acura, BMW, and Mazda) according to JD Power's Initial Quality Survey
4. The Chevrolet Malibu has better initial quality than any competitor, including the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, and Nissan Altima. The Ford Fusion also beat all 3 Japanese competitors. From JD Power Initial Quality Survey.
5. Per JD Power, the highest quality large car is the Pontiac Grand Prix, beating the Toyota Avalon. Two other Detroit cars that beat the Avalon are the Mercury Sable and Mercury Grand Marquis.
6. The Dodge Dakota has the best quality for midsize pickups proving that Chrysler too can beat the imports. Both the Dakota and the Ford Ranger beat the Toyota Tacoma.
7. Per Edmunds.com, the premier automotive analysis site, the most economical car in America, taking into account not only mileage but all costs, is the Chevrolet Aveo. The Honda Fit is third and the Toyota Prius is a distant 34th.
8. "Cadillac makes a better car than BMW or Mercedes or Lexus or Infiniti, and that car is the 2008 CTS. No other car in the mass market dares so much as this expressive and audacious bit of automotive avant-gardism." Dan Neil, LA Times
9. The Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid is the winner of this award...How could a full-size SUV defeat the media darling Toyota Prius? Read the link below and you will discover, "What's equally eye-opening is that the Tahoe's 21 mpg city fuel efficiency rating is the same as that of the city EPA rating for the four-cylinder Toyota Camry sedan." Did you catch that? A huge, full-size SUV from Chevrolet that gets the same city mileage as a 4-cylinder Toyota Camry! Chevy obtained this remarkable achievement through the use of its 2-mode hybrid system, a technology that Toyota does not have. (http://www.greencar.com/)
10. Not only was the Saturn Aura picked by the automotive press corps as better than the Honda Fit and the Toyota Camry, "When a panel of 47 journalists named the Saturn Aura as the North American Car of the Year over the Toyota Camry, the vote wasn't even close, 205-89." (Chicago Tribune, 1/15/07)
11. GM again crushed the Japanese competition in 2008 when the Malibu received 190 votes to the Honda Accord's 95. The Accord actually came in 3rd since GM's other finalist, the Cadillac CTS, received 165 votes.
12. Toyota's much publicized quality problems resulted in Consumer Reports actually removing from their recommended vehicles list the Lexus GS luxury car, Camry V6 sedan, and Tunda pickup. This demotion occurred in October 2007.
13. If you are one of the many Americans who gave up on Detroit's cars because of a bad experience many years ago, it's time to rethink your position. Rethink Detroit.

Detroit automakers: 79 US jobs per 2500 cars sold in America.

Foreign automakers: 33 US jobs per 2500 cars sold in America.

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